[omarqazi]

So the iPhone 5 on AT&T can't use LTE outside of the US because AT&T uses some LTE band nobody else uses. Bit of a bummer, but I wouldn't call it crippled since you can still use 3G voice and data pretty much anywhere in the world. International roaming is actually one of AT&T's few strengths. I'd be more upset if International data wasn't so expensive. At $300 / GB, turning LTE on overseas would just scare me. Hopefully they'll come out with a unified chipset in the future and prices for international data will go down.

[barista]

I won't call it crippled either. You can make a call with it. Can't you? </sarcasm>

[tedunangst]

As someone who is going to be using AT&Ts network, I'd rather have an iPhone that works here than an iPhone that works in Europe.

Also, I'm curious. Why is the iPhone, with three models, crippled, but the galaxy s3, with nine models, not crippled?

[raldi]

In 2012, "phone" no longer means "device primarily used to conduct voice calls". It means "pocket computer with wireless Internet connectivity".